{"id":198666,"date":"2016-03-14T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T09:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=198666"},"modified":"2016-03-14T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T09:09:13","slug":"mahama-blames-printers-devil-for-error-ridden-brochures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/mahama-blames-printers-devil-for-error-ridden-brochures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama blames ‘printer’s devil’ for error-ridden brochures"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama has blamed what he calls\u00a0the \u201cprinter\u2019s devil\u201d for the error-ridden brochures that were distributed at Ghana\u2019s 59th<\/sup> Independence Day Parade at the Black Star Square.<\/p>\n

According to him, the errors were avoidable adding that the Chief of Staff is putting measures in place to forestall such mistakes in the future.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”R3qX1TgKyElS7f5OtSQ4R8OJ6XPmoIeO”]Government has been ridiculed for distributing over 3,000 brochures at the parade on 6th<\/sup> March 2016, which captured\u00a0the name of the guest of honour, President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of Ghana.<\/p>\n

There were\u00a0other\u00a0grammatical and typographical errors in the brochure.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the acting Director of the Information Service Department, Francis Kwarteng Arthur, was subsequently relieved of his post after he accepted responsibility for the errors.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Accra based TV station, TV3 on Monday; President Mahama said the errors were unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually went through the brochure and he [Uhuru Kenyatta] didn\u2019t show that he noticed that he was described as the President of Ghana, but I\u2019m sure in communication you people call it the printer’s devil. It\u2019s unfortunate and I think those mistakes are avoidable. The Chief of Staff is working on it to make sure that, it\u00a0doesn\u2019t happen again. It was a beautiful celebration I don\u2019t think it should have been marred by something as simple as the printer\u2019s devil in a brochure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the brochure errors, the President \u00a0said the anniversary parade was well organised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe anniversary was very well organized. I want to commend the national planning committee for choreographing the event very well. I\u2019m sure that Ghanaians watched it live and everybody was proud of what they saw. Indeed I got a call from the President Kenyatta after he got back home and he expressed how much he enjoyed the parade. He particularly liked the Gold Coast Police,\u201d President Mahama added.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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